Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-07-02

of agreement. said nothing about
trustees lpi.;m mere liGire.h heads. THAT
is I'm i,lc;. original with MIR. +. But If
the certificate of illness and profession
al ability from or county Sllperlnten-
dent is of M value at all When sn0mlt,
led 10 district hoarl of trustees, VIII
Mr.. ~ explain why these examinations
are held? Ard Why llirv ara held by our
county superintendent and not by our.
district board?
INV If it iSa legal tcst by which our
public school teachers are rated, what
right has Il trustee when he finds Il teacIl-
CT labelled competent" by proper Of
Iiaer of the school law and school system
TO try dodge behind (Sec. 81 VA, school
iawl, which Should he used only for
good, and cry out Can't we diserim-
inate?n l want it understood ask
these questions for information and not
;ls personal tllrusts at Mr.. p, either as
n citizen or trustee. Mr.. ParsDn
takes up most of his time in this cor
rrspondence to point out '.Mr.Joynes !"
So-called CYLINDERS. I" We'll, it is a
smart man that never makes any blum
ders. A blunder i'll the right direction
is IL yefg,awkw;irtl thing. A gentleman
who is Iirovcrbially noted fur his cool
ness andhnmnr on all occasions. one
day came to blows with;l man in Oman
cock, and when the two were separated
the humorist SAIL: "Well, he is the
awkwar,iest fellow ever SAW" Willy
sop asked the gentleman who helped to
part them, ''Why he hit me III the eye
every time.'' Now hope my friend
will excuse my .'awllwardness and par
don the plumbers that may be Il little
dislasleful TO him; bnt II does seem TO
me when an officer of the law argues
and continues to argyle that lie CAN'T do
Justice to those that are subject to his
Judgment and his appointing power un-
less they do lis he saysdo-alld 30 where
he says 90 for their improvement and
advancement, surely to say the least OF
il he must be oyer-ZcillUus i'll Il good
cause. Is not Il teachers vacation his
or hers so far as the trustees are con-
cerned, TO improve themselves as they
see lit2 District trustees have no all
tLurily to compel the teachers 10 go or
TO stay any where when their school
term ceases: Nor do l consider they
have tme mural right to threaten telcll-
ers with the power they may may have
in the future. Let every tun stand on
its own bottom. When our school term
ceases, our pay stops and are not our
contracts and specifications for that SEES
sion at I'LL end? And does not the truS-
tees authority in every case then cease
until another school term is begun and
rev agreements ;lre sgned? Ilien
where is the trustees power when they
have paid us off and let us go according
IT, agreement? They have none. No
more than if they had never seen us.
This is not the citse with our county
superintendent. lie examines us, issues
certificates from date to date and pro-
f,s,lunul certificates for term OF three
wears. | hold that so long us we ENJOY
MS certificate Or license we are subject
Ia his call To appear at his appointed
whether they be Normals or
Institutes, ;llid ih7a>aalnpe can hold us
accountable, and tile trustGeS-Mlo nave
paid us off aud cancelled our agreeme1tSS
nave nothing to say in this matter.
TeachegS. come out to tile Normal and
answer 10 tle.roll call of our esteemed
and efficient county Superintendent, Dr..
.Jno. L. Mapp.
We will all fall in line and be respon-
sible to or district trustees When we
begin to work out our next sessions
agreements. And il any person has by
llard study and perseverance obtained
accomplishment that put him III the
front rank, let our district trustees give
him Il fair and square dt;ll. What trus-
t. in Accomac would down him? Now
Tins is my groand. [ would have all go
To the Normal that possibly can do so;
but there Will probably ue some who
for,easons hitherto stated wilnot lie able
10 gn-we all know it. There always
llscd to be some absentecS when our
eX-cuunty superintendent used TO hold
his Institutes, and it is for tins class
that l contend fair aud impartial
hearing based upon examinations show
ing The value OF experience, and not the
extent oi their THEORY appraised by one
trustee.
Well, Mr.. Parsons thinks got of a
sentence in my last letter that would do
well III IL fourth pf July Grafton. Fourth
of July s Il big day i'll this country and
as this is a great country l thank him
for the compliment and for admit
ting that "Olulldered" that far ahead
Of him. We Americans honor such
'.temules of famen us Oxford, CAM
bridge and the leading German Univur-
sites. We ply all respect ais, homage
to Egypt, Greece and Rome rs the era
Ill q nj, Il |
am told to read history,to 30 east, to sit
down upon the crumbling corridors of
tbs libraries of anciei.t civilization,
and. among the ruins OF former splen-
dor To listen "reverenuy." Well, L read
and listen and look us Uest L Can and L
finally come to The conclusion that we
owe Europe very little. If Mr.. Par
SONS calls that splitting upon the foun-
tain head letit go so. We owe respect
TO the Institutions of learning and era
dies OF classics Us mentioned. But we
clial ge up TO Mr.. Parsons and his BOAST
I'd Europe, such 10Th century Improve
nents as tile multifarious uses OF steam
viz:-steanlboa.ing and railroading;
ect., then, telegraphins, telephoning,
lightin. cities bf electricity &c. Sec
oldly, we charge tlilt we Americans
won this liberty we enjoy, by blood and
al point Of the sword. 1t WAS no gift
from Europe. Thirdly, we charge up
the thousands and thousands of0pprtss-
ed and down trodden people of all parts
of the East That have come and ;re dai-
lv coming to seek peaceful homes III this
the luOst wonderful OF all republics. the
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nation of chn Giles, schools, and clarit-
able Institutions for the deaf, dWnballd
blind and insane, where everybody is
free 10 worship Col as they please, free
in all :llc pursuits Of life and liberty and
free to assume the responsibility of
pedagogisn without fear of military or
civil determinations. May God ever
bless such IL country! Tie fourth charge
we bring is for the missionaries we send
QUITO the East. (But my friend Will